For years I lusted after the 70-series Landcruiser, and when my dad said he wanted one last adventure, I finally had an excuse. I bought a handsome silver short-wheelbase version, and we planned to cross the Sahara together. The adventure went badly wrong, but my dad and I got home intact in the Landcruiser (which…
Thanks, Kinja, for mangling the link!
Yes, because a V-12 7-series is famous for only needing fuel, absolutely no expensive repairs or other upkeep costs or depreciation. :-)
He owns a new Wrangler ($$ to buy, $$ to run, huge emissions) and acts like he can’t afford a few $ for parking. At the university he chose to study at, nobody forced him to go there.
The last Eurostar train of the evening, London-Brussels, always used to be full of office workers in creased work clothes who had a few post-meeting drinks. One time I noticed a gent who was supposed to get off at Lille (in France), overslept, and had to leave the train at the final stop in Brussels (in Belgium).
We have an espresso machine option in the car.
It’s only got about nine moving parts, but that just means there’s less to go wrong!
I saw a post somewhere (but Kinja is hiding it now) quoting the driver as saying “Come on you dog!” in Afrikaans during the shootout.
“Stealth” campers have a theft problem. A camper is the least attractive type of van to your neighbourhood thief. If you make it look like a delivery van, thieves will assume it’s full of new stuff in boxes; if you make it look like a tradie’s van, thieves will assume it’s full of expensive tools.
To be fair, most people starting out on vanlife overestimate how much time they’ll spend on the road. In reality it will be parked outside your house 90% of the time, burning zero fuel. And when you do go somewhere, there will be less driving back-and-forth (ie when you visit some scenic location, you’re probably…
Would it be possible to put the inverter/generator underneath? Box vans like this usually have a little “wasted space” alongside the frame, where you could put utility stuff. Professionally-built campers often put water tanks down there, maybe a heater, things like that. It’s especially handy for things that you’ll…
Broke: Living out of a van
Who’s going to be the first to drive one of these across the USA, or around Iceland?
Really? Soft tops have been popular with some military buyers for years...
Everybody likes to feel flattered.
If the cost of credit is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20-30% - because that person is less likely to repay the money, because they’re borrowing a small amount and the cost of setting up a loan is fixed &c - then, yes, I’m OK with lending at 25% because the alternative is an effective ban from getting any credit…
Interest rate caps are well-intentioned, but like a lot of populist economic policies, they tend to be counterproductive.
It’s protectionist bullshit. Either we need to offer incentives for more environmentally-friendly cars, or not.
Least practical SUV, you say? With a huge V12?
MGs and kitcars have a lot in common. Most owners promise themselves “I’ll fix the electrics in spring, and then we can have fun next summer!”. Eventually the project outlives the owner, and a widow sells the dusty old car that’s been lurking in the garage for years.
